Glass-beveling machine or apparatus.



w. 0. BAILEY. H GLASS BEVELING MACHINE OR APPARATUS.- APPLIOATIQN FILED OGT. 1, 1906. RENEWED MAR. 23, 1909.

937,912. Patented 0ct.26, 1909.

6 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

zazzm s'es I W. 0. B LEY. GLASS BBVELINGMAOHINE R APPARATUS. APPLICATION FIIAEDI OCT. 1, 1906. BENEWED MAR- 23, 1909.

- maid ZflZZ/a'az'zz 0,

- zazzzets Patented Oct. 2 ,1909. 7

6 SEER-SHEET 2.

W. 0. BAILEY; v GLASS BEVELING MACHINE 0R APPARATU$. APPLIOATIOH TILE-D 001. 1, 190a. n-nmwn n MAR. 23, 1909. v 937 912; Patented Oct. 26, 1909.

- 6 SHEETS-SHEET a.

W. O. BAILEY. GLASS BBVELING MACHINE OR APPARATUS} I APPLICATION FILEDDGT. 1, 1900 RENEWED MAR.23,1909.

Pat'entd Oct. 26, 1909.

-6 SHEETS-SHEET 4.

W. 0. BAILEY. l I GLASS BEVELING MACHINE ORAPBARATUS. 4 APPLIOATIQN F ILED OUT. 1, 1906. RENEWED MAR. 23, 1909. 937,912,

Patented Cat. 26, 1909.

' a SHEETS-SHEET 5.

' Fatah/ zdzzawlzaiawky STATES WILLIAM OLIVER BAILEY, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

GLASS-BEVELING MAcIIIivnoR APPARATUS.

Patented 0.01;. 26, 1909.

- Application filed October 1, 1906, Serial No. 336,981. Renewed March 23, 1909. Serial No. 485,234;

To'all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM OLIVER BAILEY, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Excelsior \Vorks, Wen- 5 look Road, London, England, have invented an Improved Glass-Beveling Machine or Apparatus, of which the "following is a specification. a

This invention relates to that type of machine in which the-glass is supported upon a fixed frame and its edge beveled by rotating.

' and traveling grinding and polishing mills which are adapted to be moved along in a parallel plane to the edge of the glass, and has for its obj ec'tto" produce a complete glass be elingapparatus of this type in which all the difficulties of holding the glass and insuring the grinding and polishing in a safe, eflicient and speedy manner have been overcome. For example, the apparatus is designed to take any usualsize or thickness of glass plate or a numberof glass plates, and to reproduceexactly on other plates the precise bevel previously cut, so that once the apparatus is set the work canbe repeated as many times as required. e

To the accomplishment of the recited objects and others subordinate thereto, the preferred embodimentof the invention resides in that construction and .arrangement of parts hereinafter described, illustrated in the. accompanying drawings, and embraced in the scope of the appended claims.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a diagrammatical view ofa complete apparatus. Fig. 2 is an end iew. ofthe apparatus; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the traveling mill saddle, Fig. 4 is a sectional plan illustrating the preferred arrangement of the mills; Fig. -5 [is a. side elevation of the mixing and supplying apparatus, and, Fig. 6 is a detail view of the adjusting device raring mills. Figs. 7 and 8 are respectively a frontyiew" anda sectional plan of part of the easel and clamp, Fig. 9 being a sectional detail view of the device, for actuating the spring buifer mechanism. Figs. 10 and 11 are respectively a sectional. side view anda planof the'lower portion of the easel.

responding parts throughout the several views.

Like reference .cliaracte'rs designate cortraveling mills accurately mounted and adapted to be moved upon the bed D backward and forwardacross the face of the easel. :In this drawing B represents the roughing mill and C represents a set of three mills respectively smoothing polishing and finishing. The glass plates E are held se curely upon the easel A by a clamp F extending from end to end and carried by brackets G. The easel is hinged at H to suitable standards I and-means such as a segmental rack N, gearing with the pinions O fixed upon the shaft P which is rotated by a worm and worm wheel gearing Q operated. by a hand wheel R, are provided for adjusting the angle of the easel; the upper part of" the easel is preferably of open frame construction as shown I will first describe the construction and arrangement and operation of the improved -mills; reference being made to Figs. 1,2, 3,

and understood A isthe easel, B C are away more readily than the comparatively narrow grinding ring without affecting the work. The protecting rings 6 are held in posit-i011 by suitable annular flanged rings which are firmly fixed to the mill disk ,(Z. In the second place Ifind that by employ ing a pair of mills rotating in opposite directions and arranged slightly angularly, as

shown in exaggerated form in plan in Fig. 4,

so that the direction of movement ofboth at the contact with the glass is upward, a

greatly improved and expeditious grinding efliect isprocured. In the third place, I find it advisable to mount the various mills upon separate traveling saddles so as to minimize the danger ofthe grit used vith theroughing mills becoming thrown upon V the smoothing and polishing mills,.where its presence would utterly spoil the work,

unless a considerable time was, occupied in washing down the'mills and frame, which would be. prohibitive from an economical.

point of view. Thus, as will be seen in Fig. 1, the roughing mills are mounted upon one saddle and the smoothing, polishing and finishing mills upon another saddle or saddles.

be employed I have shown the application of electric powerias being the most convenient and suitable for driving the saddles J along the bed .1) and rotatingthe mills. K is an I electric motor" which drives a countershaft wheels Z is fixed to a shaft 0 which is carried by the tubular bosses of the bevel wheels I, and is in gear with a rack p fixed in the bed d., The ends of the pinion n and the adj acent faces of the bevel wheels Z are formed as clutch members of any, suitable construction so as to produce a driving motion; in

either direction by sliding the pinion in or out of engagement with the bevel wheelsv in a manner well known. The saddle is preferably fitted with V grooved runners r sliding on corresponding rails q on the bed vD; by this means any shake or lateral movement of the saddle is entirely prevented .and

the perfect alinement of the mills with respect to the edge of thelglass plates is insured. 'The mills'and their feeding devices (hereinafter described) are driven from the countershaft e as'shown by example in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, a suitable'clutch asat s being provided on each mill shaft to rotatively connect the mill with the driving gear, the -said clutch 8 being [operative by a hand lever 8. preferably of the shape shown.

with a device for adjusting the pressure of the mill upon the glass, and includes a telltale device to warn the operator when too much pressure is being applied. A bracket L carries a tubularnut it which is integral witha-hand wheel, and screwing in the nut is a screw rod 1) the end of which is integral with a slide block w which is connected to the end of the shaft t so as toenable the latter to rotate freely therein. Mounted upon the tubular nut 16 is a flanged collar to which is provided with a pin or pins 00' which pass freelythrough the bracket bearing, a suitable spring 3 being provided to force the nut toward the. mill frame and consequently to slide the mill shaft and mill to the glass; the length of the pin or pins in is such that when the required pressure is being applied, the end thereof is just visible projecting beyond the face of the bracket and thereby indicates the fact to the operator.

If it is desired to rigidly set the mill after Although any suitable motive 'power may The rear end of each mill shaft t (Fig. 6) is providedadjustment, a thumb-screws is provided, by

pliance the supply of medium is effected by a series of pulsations which prevent any settlement of the suspended matter within the pipes. A -bulb or like compressiblechamb'er l fittedwith inlet and outlet valves, is acted upon by a lever 2 which is reciprocated by a cam or eccentric v3 fixed upon the mixer shaft 4. The bulb 7 is in communication with the .mixer M by a pipe 5 which is provided with a valve 6 by which the supply of medium may be controlled, and thepipe 7 is supported by a bracket, such as 8, with its nozzle projecting toward the face of the inner protecting ring 6 as shown in Figs. 2

' and 3. One of the mixing tanksM is'omitted in Fig. 2 for the sake of clearness. The

valve 6 may be of such a construction that it may be moved in position to admit air or water when the supply of medium is shut off also, to enable the bulb or compressible chamber 1 to be readily cleaned out a pipe 9 with a two way valve 10 may; be fitted so that when water is admitted by the valve 6 it may be returned-to the supply tank without passing up the pipe 7. By these means an even film of medium is imparted to the mill face immediately below the grinding contact, the effect of which is to produce an even distribution of the medium and an even and quick grinding without danger of firing or damage to the glass.

In this type of apparatus it is particularly essential that the means for holding the glass plates to the easel should adapt themselves to various thickness es of glass while presenting a rigid abutment with absolute accuracy of alinement of the edges to be beveled. This can only be efiected by a system of spring buffers, some of which may be locked, and a clamp, the inner face of which screwing in. which until it's head abuts is perfectly level and runs truly parallel with the line of travel of the mills. In Figs.

7 to 11 I have shown this part of the mechanism in detail. The easel A, which is formed cellular and in one or more parts 'bolted together, is provided with a number of spring buffers 11, the bottom row of.

which have squarefaces and are provided withlockinglevers 12 pivoted at 13 and actuated simultaneously by means of a rod 14 fitted with nuts and springs as shownf The rod 14 is operated by a lever 15 which is pivoted at 16 to the bracket G and toggled by a link 17 to the slideblock 18 which is adjustably fixed on the rod 14 and slides in-the angle of the bracket as shown in-Figs'f 7 and 9. By this means thespindles 19-0f": the whole of the bottom row of spring buffers are rigidly held when the glass has been clamped thereto, some being more depressed than others according to the thicknesses of I the glass plates. The clamp F, (which may be formed in one piece or in two or more parts rigidly fixed together) must be of such 10 a section as will satisfactorily resist the bend-;

ing strain applied by its adjusting mechanism, while the bracket G must not only support the clamp F but must guide it to and from the easel parallelly. The clampadjusting mechanism shown in Figs. 1,2 7'

and 8 consists of a hand wheel fixed toa bevel-wheel 21 which meshes with bevel wheels '22, fixed respectively upon shafts 23, 24, carried in suitable hearings on the clamp. 20 The shafts carry other bevel wheels 25, meshing with bevel wheels 26 fixed to screw threaded shafts 27 which are journaled at the ends of the clamp F and screw through 1 nuts '28 forming part of the bracket G.

The clamp is preferably steadied in the brackets by extensions F of its running surfaces and by lapping plates Gr fixed to the upper edges-of the brackets G as shown in 1 Figs. 7 and 8. Preferably also, the easel A is provided with a skeleton u'pperextension for supporting the upper ends of long plates of glasses, it is composed of stanchions 29 and rails 30 in which a number of spring buffers may be fitted if desired although I have not found it absolutely necessary if the faces of the rails are covered by a resilient material orsubstanc'e. This extension may be jointed as at 31 (Fig. 2) for use as required. I Y Y .To temporarily support the glass plates during'the loading and unloading of the easel I provide a rail 32 (Figs. 10 and 11) the upper surface of which is true,-said rail being pivotally attached at 33 to a number of links 34 which are loosely carried on downwardly projecting studs 35 fixed to the easel. 'The lower ends-of the studs 35 are screw-threaded upon which are screwed the locking arms 36, sov that when the arms are in the position shown in Fig. 10 the rail 32 is raised into close contact with the underside of the easel and when rotated through about 90 there is sufficient slackness to enable the rail to be readily moved back under the easel as shown by the dotted lines in Fig.

11 and also in Fig. 2.

37 is-a waterproof cloth which is attached to the edges of the frame of theeasel A and is designed to prevent access of the grinding and polishing medium to the-but fers; i 7

The operation of the device is as follows: The angle of the bevel being determined and the easeladjusted accordingly, the rail 32 is resistance.

respectto each other J 2. In a glass bevelingm-achine, the comb1-- "f' arranged longitudinally with respect to the 'in opposite directions and arranged angubrought into position for-supporting-the '65 glass 13 whichis placed against the easel." The clamp F is then adjusted until the glass is firmly held against the-buffers 11 when the lowermost row of buffers is locked byactuating the lever 15 of the locking mechanismso as to present-a practically rigid The rail 32 is then returned to its normal positionv under the easel. The roughing mills B with their medium mixers are set in motion, and the saddle uponwhich they are mounted is run up to the corner of the glass plate and stopped by actuatingthe clutch lever S and freeing the pinion n from both bevel wheels '5; the mills are then adjusted to the desired depth of'cut by the hand nut it supported by spring g (Fig. 6); the supply of medium to the mills is opened by regulating the cooks 6 and 10 and the saddle set in motion again. The roughing mills pass to and fro along the front of the easel ss the depth of out being regulated by the nut u until the desired bevel on the glass is formed. The set screw 2 is then adjusted to the nut u giving it a rigid support and the mills passed to and fro along the. bevel to give it a partial finish.

A similar procedure is followed with the polishing mills C, the roughing mills'bein'g" run out of the way to the opposite end of the bed track, or into a side track. *95

I claim v 1. In a glass beveling machine, the combination witha'stationary adjustable easeland clamping means cooperative therewith, of a plurality of oppositely" rotatable grindin mills laterally movable with respect to. Sat easel, each of said mills set atanangle with nation -with a stationary adjustable easel and clampingmeans coeperative therewith;

.of a'plurality of grinding mills laterally movable'withrespect to said easel and hav ing protectiverings', each of said easels set at an angle witlrrespect to'eachother. {1 10 3. In-a glass bevellng machine, the combination with an adjustable easel and clamp'-' 5 ing means cooperative therewith, of a bed easel, a'plural'ity of" independentsaddles mounted on the bed-and movable over: the same, a plurality of mills caiiried-by'each of the saddl'es,'each of said 'mills rotatable 5 lady with respect to each other, 'moti ve"1-2O power carried bythe respective saddles fcr. causing the travel thereof and also therevo' luble movement of the mills, means mneerally adjusting each of the mills, and-fluid supply means for the said-mills. 4. In a glass beveling machine, the combination with an easel and-clamping means; associated therewith, of a plurality of grindto each other, motive power for driving the mills in opposite directions with respect to each other, mechanism cooperatlve with the' motive power to cause the travel ofthe mills to bring the same in Working position, means associated with 'each mill for feeding the same laterally with respect to the work, and a fluid supply for the respective mills.

5. In a glass beveling machine, a bed, a plurality of saddles movable'upon said bed, a plurality of mills angularly arranged with respect to each other on said saddles, means carried by each of the saddles and cooperative with the mills to drive each of the same in opposite directions with respect to each other and also to cause the movement ofthe saddles on the bed, an easel having clamping means for the work and arranged in position with respect to the bed to be operated upon by the mills, means for angularl-y adjusting 'the easel, independent means for each of the mills to adjust the same laterally with re spect to the work, a supply tank having a supply pipe leading to each of the mills, and means for regulating the supply of fluid to the mills from said tank. v

6. In a glass beveling machine, a bed, a plurality of saddles movable upon said bed, a plurality of mills angularly arranged with respect to each other on said'saddles, means carried by each of the saddles and cooperative with the mills to drive each of the same in opposite directions with respect to each other and also to cause the movement of the saddles on the bed, an easel having clamping means for the work and arranged in position with respect to the bedto be operated upon by the mills, means for angularly adjusting the easel, independent means vfor each of the mills to adjust the same laterally with respect to the work, a supply tank having a supply pipe leading to each of the mills, means for regulating the supply fluid to the mills from said tank, means for automatically indicating the lateral movement of each mill, and means for temporarily supporting the work during the loading and unloading of the easel. l

7. In a'glass beveling machine, the combination with a stationary adjustable easel and clamping. means cooperative therewith,

of a plurality-of mills, means for adjusting the pressure of each mill, and -means for automatically indicating the amount of pressure applied.

8; In a glass beveling machine, the combination with a stationary adjustable easel and clamping means cooperative therewith, of a plurality of mills, means vforadjusting the pressure of each mill, and spring means for automatically indicating the movement of pressure applied.

.9. In a glass beveling machine, the combination with a stationary adjustable easelbination with a stationary-adjustable e'asel and clamping means cooperative therewith,-

of a plurality of mills laterally movable with respect to said easel, a mixing tank} having a compressible chamber provided with an inlet and an outlet valve, means for intermittently engaging said chamber and thereby agitating the fluid in said tanks, and means for regulating the supply of fluid medium to said mills.

11'. In a glass beveling machine, the combination with a stationary adjustable easel .and clamping means cooperative therewith,

of a plurality of mills, a support for each mill, tracks for said support, a mixing tank in operative relation with each mill, motive power carried by each support for moving the latter laterally with respect to said easel,

for rotating said mills, and fora itating the fluid medium in said tanks, MM means for regulating the supply of fluid medium to said mills.

12. In a glass beveling machine, the combination with an easel, clamping means co;

operative therewith, and spring-actuated bufi'ers thereon, of spindles for said butfers,-a plurality of locking levers :for said spindles, a rod yieldably connected to said levers, a slidable-sleeve adjustably mounted on said rod, an operating rod pivoted to said easel, and a toggle connection for said sleeve and operating rod.

13. In a glass beveling machine, the combination with a stationary adjustable easel and clamping means cooperating therewith, of a plurality of oppositely rotatable grinding mills set'at angles with respect to eachother, a support. for each mill laterally-movable with respect to the easel, and motive power carried by each support for operating WILLIAM OLIVER BAILEY. I

Witnesses:

GEORGE C. DOWNING, WALT I. S. MERTEN. 

